Seasons of Time

 “When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, 

“when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that you are coming, and that the ‘olam hazeh is ending?” 

Yeshua replied: “Watch out! Don’t let anyone fool you!

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will lead many astray.

You will hear the noise of wars nearby and the news of wars far off; 

see to it that you don’t become frightened. Such things must happen, but the end is yet to come. 

For peoples will fight each other, nations will fight each other, and 

there will be famines and earthquakes in various parts of the world; all this is but the Beginning of the ‘birth-pains.’ 

At that time you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me. 

At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other, many false prophets will appear and fool many people; and many people’s love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah. 

But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered.

And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the END Will Come.

“So when you see the abomination that causes devastation spoken about through the prophet Dani’el standing in the Holy Place” (let the reader understand the allusion), “that will be the time for those in Y’hudah to escape to the hills. 

If someone is on the roof, he must not go down to gather his belongings from his house; if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat. 

What a terrible time it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that you will not have to escape in winter or on Shabbat. 

For there will be trouble then, worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again! 

Indeed, if the length of this time had not been limited, no one would survive; but for the sake of those who have been chosen, its length will be limited.

“At that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look! Here’s the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ don’t believe him. 

For there will appear False Messiahs and False  prophets performing Great as Miracles — amazing things! — so as to fool even the chosen, if possible. 

So if people say to you, ‘Listen! He’s out in the desert!’ don’t go; or, ‘Look! He’s hidden away in a secret room!’ don’t believe it. 

For when the Son of Man does come, 

it will be like Lightning that Flashes out of the East and Fills the Sky to the Western Horizon. 

Wherever there’s a dead body, that’s where you find the vultures. 

“But Immediately Following the Trouble of those times, 

the sun will grow dark, the moon will stop shining, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in heaven will be shaken. 

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the Clouds of Heaven  with Tremendous Power and Glory. 

He will send out His Angels with a great shofar; 

and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 

“But when that day and hour will come, no one knows — not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father. 

For the Son of Man’s coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach. 

Back then, before the Flood, people went on eating and drinking, taking wives and becoming wives, right up till the day Noach entered the ark; and they didn’t know what was happening until the Flood came and swept them all away. 

It will be just like that when the Son of Man comes. 

Then there will be two men in a field — one will be taken and the other left behind. There will be two women grinding flour at the mill — one will be taken and the other left behind. 

So stay alert, because you don’t know on what day your Lord will come. 

But you do know this: had the owner of the house known when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. 

Therefore you too must always be ready, for the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him. 

“Who is the faithful and sensible servant whose master puts him in charge of the household staff, to give them their food at the proper time? 

It will go well with that servant if he is found doing his job when his master comes. Yes, I tell you that he will put him in charge of all he owns. 

But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is taking his time’; and he starts beating up his fellow servants and spends his time eating and drinking with drunkards; 

then his master will come on a day the servant does not expect, at a time he doesn’t know; and he will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites, where people will wail and grind their teeth!”

‭‭Mattityahu (Mat)‬ ‭24:3-24, 26-31, 36-51‬ ‭CJB‬

Ezekiel 38

I am glad this will happen soon:

“The word of Adonai came to me: “Human being, turn your face toward Gog (of the land of Magog), chief prince of Meshekh and Tuval; and prophesy against him. 

Say that Adonai Elohim says, ‘I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshekh and Tuval.

I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all completely equipped, a great horde with breastplates and shields, all wielding swords. 

Paras, Ethiopia and Put are with them, all with breastplates and helmets; Gomer with all its troops; the house of Togarmah in the far reaches of the north, with all its troops — many peoples are with you. 

Prepare yourself, get ready, you and all your crowd gathered around you; and take charge of them. After many days have passed, you will be mustered for service; 

in later years you will invade the land which has been brought back from the sword, gathered out of many peoples, the mountains of Isra’el. 

They had been lying in ruins for a long time, but now Isra’el has been extracted from the peoples and all of them are living there securely. 

You will come up like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land — you and all your troops, and many other peoples with you.’ 

“Adonai Elohim says: ‘When that day comes, thoughts will well up in your mind, and you will devise a sinister scheme. You will say, “I am going to invade this land of unwalled villages; 

I will take by surprise these people who are at peace, living securely, all in places without walls, bars or gates. I will seize the spoil and take the plunder.” 

You will attack the former ruins that are now inhabited and come against the people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and other wealth and are living in the central parts of the land. 

Sh’va, D’dan and all the leading merchants of Tarshish will ask you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to loot; to carry off silver, gold, livestock and other wealth; to take much plunder?”’ 

“Therefore, human being, prophesy! Tell Gog that Adonai Elohim says this: ‘Won’t you be aware of it when my people Isra’el are living in security? 

You will choose just that time to come from your place in the far reaches of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a huge horde, a mighty army; 

and you will invade my people Isra’el like a cloud covering the land. This will be in the acharit-hayamim; and I will bring you against my land, 

so that the Goyim Will Know ME when, before their eyes, I AM set apart as HOLY Through you, Gog.’ 

“Adonai Elohim says: ‘I spoke of you long ago through my servants the prophets of Isra’el. Back then, they prophesied for many years that I would have you invade them. 

In my jealousy, in my heated fury I speak: when that day comes there will be a great earthquake in the land of Isra’el; 

so that the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping on the ground and every human being there in the land will tremble before me. 

Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble and every wall crash to the ground. 

I will summon a sword against him throughout all my mountains,’ says Adonai Elohim; ‘every man will wield his sword against his brother. 

I will judge him with plague and with blood. 

I will cause torrential rain to fall on him, his troops and the many peoples with him, along with huge hailstones, fire and sulfur. 

I will show my Greatness and Holiness, making Myself  Known in the sight of many nations; 

then they will know that I am God the Father with Jesus.’”

‭‭Yechezk'el (Ezk)‬ ‭38:1-17, 19-23‬ ‭CJB‬